I had the same problem last week - and numerous denizens on the list
suggested possible causes - the concensus was battery rather than alternator
- everything from bad connections to lack of electrolyte,
One enormously pertinent observation was the lack of am ammeter in the car in
favour of the red idiot light.....
I had the battery tested (it was less than a year old)
it was knackered!!!!
My pal at the garage showed me an article about how modern batteries decay
rapidly durng extended periods of inactivity (such as winter layup or in my
case a 7 week interior overhaul).
Two folk on the list suggested ways to overcome this using trickle chargers
from Kmart - i carefully printed them in order to pop out for one and , of
course, one of two things has happened.
1) the dog has eaten it
2) my 8 yr old used the back to draw a pig( her favourite study) or a sun
(rapidly ascending in poularity).......
whoever tod us - please repeat it for Mr. Cianciotti (and for me, the pig and
the sun....)
thanks
mike robson
69 roadster (first step body prep this weekend!)
72 roadster
73 BGT
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